Heel.



'such which UNITED STATES JAMES DYCHEQOF s TAFFORD, ENGLAND.

HEEL.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented June 23, 1914.

.Serial No. 803,729.

.application filedvNovember 29, 1913.

Be it, known that l, JAMES Drone, suh-l jeet ot the King ot' Great Britain` residing at Telon Works, Statl'ord. in the county ot' Statt'ord, England, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in lleels: and I do herehy declare that' the following a full, elearpand exact description of the same.

My invention comprises improvements in the constructions of heels tor lioots. shoes and the like and refers to that class of are manufactured t'rom wood.

.lli is well known that this type ot' heel is very liable, to split hoth in manufacture and in use and prior to this invention it: has been proposed to introduce into the heel a thin Strip ot' wood or insertion having the grain in the opposite direction or at right angles to the grain of the heel proper-r lout in such ease the inserted strip fas Visihle. at the side. of the heel. being unsightly in use, particularly after the heel has become wet, when the inserted piece is liahle to swell.

he object of the present invention is to overcome these detects and to 'provide an improved heel, in which the inserted piece is invisible when the heel is in use;

According to this invention the heel is provided with a slot or opening extending rearwardly for the greater part ot the length of the heel from the front tace ot' the heel hut without extending to the sides otsthe heel and into this opening an insertion of,

wood witlrthe, grain arranged at. right. Vangles to the heel proper or a piece of leather or other suitable material is placed, being glued under pressure. or otherwise secured in position.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1 is a. perspective View of a heel according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal seetion of same. Fig. is a transverse seetion. Fig. rl illustrates the insertion plate removed.

In carrying my invention into practice as illustra-ted upon the accompanying drawl ings the h slotted opening al extending from the trontt'aee 1.2 of the heel and of a size and shape eorresponding with that of the insertion piece which is illustrated This recess may heconveniently formed hy a lotating cutter of corresponding size but in such rase it is necessary to either first eut away' the opening fr carrying the cutter or to provide aK second cutter ot smaller diameter which cuts the opening a. simultaneously with' the recess al.

The insertion piece 'shown at Fig. inlay he of a single piece of `wood having the grain arranged transversely`r 17, c. at right angles to ,the grain of themain heel f/.ior it might he of three pl)7 wood or of leather or of other suitable mate-rial. The insertion piece 7) is placed in the recess ai which it-exaetlv tits being there glued ander presheing of a suttie'ient width to receive the usual securing nails or screws. The opening f/ is suitably filled in.

What I claim then isrln a shoe heel. the combination of a wooden hotly nieznher having a recess eX- tending into the heel from the lfront face thereof and lying at a short. .distance lielow the surfacer` said recess beingr of sufieient size to receive all ot' the nails em- 1iloyed' in fixing' the heel to the shoe upper. out not extending compi-.ely to the sides or rear of the heel. and an insertion piece adapted Ato he inserted in said recess and secured therein hy suitable adhesive for the. purpose of strengthening the wooden hody in a direction transversely to the grain of the wood therein and to prevent the splitting otl said heel when being nailed to the upper.

In testimony whereof I have signed mv name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J AMES DYCHE. lVitnesses:

HAROLD AONERTER. HERBERT J O. BARTON.

sure or otherwise secured. the insertion piece.

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